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A 14-GHz-band Highly Linear Stacked FET Power Amplifier IC with 20.1 dBm P1dB and 40.1% PAE in 56-nm SOI CMOS

Chen et al., 2018

Document ID
14933288265893616610
Author
Chen C
Sugiura T
Yoshimasu T
Publication year
Publication venue
2018 13th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC)

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A high efficiency linear power amplifier (PA) IC is presented for 14 GHz-band wireless communication systems. A novel adaptive bias circuit with four-stacked MOSFET structure is proposed to enhance both the linearity and efficiency of the PA IC over the wide input power …
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